Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore; Abbas H. Diab, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore; Christopher E. Hartman, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland - Eastern Shore; Yakov Pachepsky, USDA-ARS; Rakesh Joshi

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

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